The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Global Philosophical Warming: This Kant Be Happenin’

by Smitty (via PuffHo) Bernard-Henri Lévy had some data problems, reports the Telegraph, out flogging another tome, On War in Philosophy, which can’t be linked at Amazon, yet.  His thought seems mildly interesting, as, according to Wikipedia, he has founded an Institute of Levinassian Studies. As with all philosophers, I’m tempted to put him in […]

‘It was certainly the Superbowl equivalent of a Cheap Trick.’

by Smitty (gracious hat tip to No Sheeples Here) So said American Glob of the famous-going-to-infamous Audi advertisement during the Superbowl. Not so fast, says this blog: there be some economic stimulus afoot.

Stimulus Pussy Thankful For Job Creation

by Smitty (h/t Knowledge is Power) By the power of Keynes and the make-work fallacy, this cat, Sissypuss, is employed. New advances / relaxations in requirements for the geo-location (this job is in a non-existent district in the 54th state), and species (the cat’s staff swears she has the personality of Barbara Boxer combined with […]

We Feel Your Pain. Really. We Do.

Bwaaahahahahaha! Earlier that morning, CBS News executives and bureau chiefs, led by senior vice president Linda Mason, told their employees that 2009 had been a disastrous year in the ad market. They had no cable operation to buoy the sinking revenues. It’s not you, was the message, it’s us. Dozens of employees — including staff […]

Tip-Jar Hitters Don’t Do Davos

Maybe next year your contributions to the Galactic Conquest Fund will be enough to send me to Switzerland to hobnob with the bigwigs, but for now, we’ll have to rely on the MSM to tell us what’s going on there with the Masters of the Universe. Associated Press: The state of the world’s economy, and keeping […]

Frankly, I’ve Begun to Worry That Carol at No Sheeples Here Has Caught BMD

First described by Professor William Jacobson, Blogger Mood Disorder can have strange and unpredictable effects. Lately, Carol’s hilarious graphics have been getting . . . well, I don’t want to say weird, but you tell me: Obama  as Tina Turner? I always thought he was more like Ike. (And I don’t mean Eisenhower.) Elephant butt? […]

Is That 44 Geckos in Your Pants, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

You can’t make this up: A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand’s wild gecko and skink populations, a judge has ruled. Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, is to be deported to Germany as soon as he is released from […]

POTUS and TOTUS in Falls Church

by Smitty (h/t Dan Riehl) “Let me be perfectly clear: when I was your age, my mommy used to put me on my little circular mat like this and have me talk like the President. Some say I have come full circle. Others say that I couldn’t do it without the shiny hardware.  But I […]

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